The Government is facing calls to act following revelations that charitable donations enabled hundreds of drivers to avoid penalty points or a driving ban.

Several speeding drivers avoided a mandatory two-year driving ban when District Court judge Andrew Cody reduced their dangerous driving charges to careless driving after they made donations to charity ranging from several hundred euro to €20,000.

Two of those cases involved drivers separately detected speeding at more than 200km/h on a motorway.

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